The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-18 00:00:00

ItOYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Kr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.—The highly successful new Comedy, by Di.n Boucicault, Esq., every Evening. Amongst the artists enzaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charle.: Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. Kobinson, Mr. Asuley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, _Mss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. scirdng. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and original Comely in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled T m FOX CHACE• characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews' Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham ,er lame ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and 31Iss Henrietta Simms (Ilk. first appeararce here). At 1 0 , OUT OF 8I(FIT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank NI atthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke ; Miss Fanny Josephs. 11_,[E THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, 0041 be had Every Evening of G. tt. GLICSIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, llyde-park, • The Weather—Sun Office, May 18, 1864. THER3fOM ETER. - - This morning" at Nine o'clock Tta 82 aa7 at Two o'clock Barometer-30.16. N E.; fight breeze, and very fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tina Dey..—Morning, 1111. 68-IL—Afternoon , 12 - 11:1 ' fr)-Nonseevr.-Morning, 1211. 23:n.—Aftarncon, 12 1 1. 44ci. THE DERBY.--RACE GLASSES (the best ), ji at CALL HAN 'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corn er of Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Vottlander, V ienz ta. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, C o vent -garden. From this time until the end of the season thtre will be f. Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, 'Thursday, and Saturday. Extra Night.—" Faust e Marghcrita." Madlle. Pauline Lucca; Madame Didiee. M. Fan e ; Signor Graziani ; Signor Mario. TO-MORROW (Thursday), May 19, will be performed. or the first time this season, Counod's Opera, FAUST E MA.RGIIERTTA, with the fol owing distribution of the ',arts : —Mar_Jaerita, Mdlle. Pauline Lucca, her first appear ance in that character in England ; Siebe , Madame Didiee ; Marta, Mdlle. Anese ; Mefisto ee, M. Faure ; Vale tiro i4nor Gr zlani ; Wagner, sig,cor Tagliafice ; and Faust, Signor Mario, his first appearance in that character. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at hail past Eight. Pit tickets, 75.; amphitheatre pta Is, 10s. 6d., 75., nod 55.; amphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offic under the portico of the theaire, which is open front ten to live, cud at the principal musicseliers' and librarians'. E R MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA, NIGHT. THIS EVENING (WEDNESDAY;, will be performed Gounod's celebrated Opera, FAUST. Titiens, Bettclheim, Santky, Gassier, Giuglini. Chorus of Soldiers, Citizens, Students, Women, (tI Conductor, Signor ARDITI. PROSPECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS . To-morrow Evening (Thursday), May 19th.—Extra Night. —FALSTAFF. Second Tableau, BA.CCii ED ARIANNA. 3ldlle. Catarina Ber tta and Sig. Amm,turo. Saturday Next, May 21st. —FAUST. Monday Next. May 23d. Grand Ext. a Night. —First Time of LES HUGUE NtiTS. Grand 3lorniig Performance, Wednesday, June Ist FAUST. Notice.—ln active preparatio -, Beethoven's FIDEL 10, Leonora, by 3ldlle. Titiens (her first appearance in that cha racter;. Commence at Half -past Eight o'clock. Pit Tickets, 7s. ; Reserved Box Seats, lOs. 6d. ; Amphi theatn: Stalls, ss. and 7s. ; Gallery, 2s. 6d. ; Private 1.1, xes, in the tipper circle, 21s. Box Office of the Theatre open daily, where places may be secured ; also at Mitchell's, Bubb's, Lacon and 011ier's, Bond street ; Leader's, Opera Colonnade ; Sam's, St. James's xtreet , Cramer, Wood, and Co.'s, and Hammond's,Regent street ; Keith, Prowse, and Co.'s, Cbeapside ; and at Chappell and Co.'s, 50, New Bond-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ONE GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE. WEDNESDAY, Jur e Ist. Gounod's celebrated Opera, FAUST. Ti lens, Trebelli ; Sant , ey, Gast ter, Giuglini. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Doors open at Half-past One. Commence at Two o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL DRUB Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs, Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. Atter which, Shalopere's HENRY THE FOURTH. Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. ddisoi, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, 3i ss Rcse Leclercq, .nd Mrs. Edmund Fal zoner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Com pany. Concluding with MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. fiIIIEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GA! RICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, ‘Veathersby, &c. ; 31esd,ones Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nelly Power, Hill, Wright, ite:zers, &c. To conciude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLE I' on SATURDAY next, May 2tst. Claudius, Mr. Emery; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden hu ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. S% M'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds,sWall bank, Collett; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, iiss M. Hen ade ; and Gertruie, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half-past 7, and Hamlet com mences at 8. The whole profits of the evening will be dif'ded between the National bhakspere Committee and the Dramatic Col le 4e school Fund. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. All Tickets issued for May 14th will be available on Satur day, the 2 st. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.. THIS EVENING, 'THE OLD STORY. Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, Shakspere's ROMEO AND JULIET. Ro meo, Mr. J. Nelson ; Mercutio, Mr. Vining ; Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston ; Juliet, Mellle. Stella Colas. NT tnV THE A.T E-R() YAL, AI) ELI' 111. 1 :1 Sole ProDrOtor and tilaufwer, Mr. B. Webster. Last Week but three of he Groat Traz,ediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKE iPEARE'S NOUS : Messrs. J. L. Toole, IL Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at S, LE,N FI : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, It. Phillips, Bliiington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; airs. Bi. I ington. To trnclude with T A R,EA BELLE: Messrs. J. L. Too:e, P. Bedford, et. 'tomer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN.-L EA H.-Tat EVENING and EVE BIC EVENING.—Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den attil further notice. In order .o give due effect to tiiis most remarkable success of the se,son, ealireiy new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and ..ons, and Thompson. New dr( ss,s and appo'ntments have be,n prepare , * for its production.—N. is. In consequence of the sressing and numerous applications ar, the Box-office, ar ingements have r.ow been made by which Seats m y bo ob tained a Fortnight in Adv4n.e. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manacrerolr. W. U. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. Followed by THE 3IALID OF HONOUR. After which (17th time) MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, ttc. ; Marie Wilton, himpson, & c. To conclude with 3IARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. COALS. —The LI LLESHALL COMPANY' S COALS% Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 245. per ton. I Double.. 20t per t on. Top 235. „ Tut 5........ 183. „ Dec p 2ll. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. evits.3 " " Ab,„ TIT - ± " „. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1864. -10 , ,---_,__., When certain artizans were engaged in the dock surds in times past at a fixed rate of pay, i t was upon the unclerstanding th at at the end a Stipjj. hated reriod they would bc entitled to a super annueed pension. It was a vary right and fittiog replation, and tLe, justice of its device was s o apparent that it seemed one of those fair and honourable arrangements which would he left in force for many years, and possibly be never inter fired with while the present state of things con tinued. Great disappointment has been occasioned end considerable indignation excited by the un welcome and inauspicious changes that have been made all at once. The Board of Admiralty have recently decided that they will in future grant no superannuated pensions, and to accomplish this end they lately caused some hundred artiroos, who had worked for many years in the dockyard, to assemble at Chatham to receive their dismissal, not because there was not employment for them, because they were " regular hands," for the exigencies of the ser vice are always met by the employment of the supernumeraries, who are taken on or discharged at convenience, nor for any misconduct or negli gence of their own, but simply to enable the Lords of the Admiralty to evade the law of contract, and to take advantage of a loophole to commit a breach of faith. These men were discharged at one o'clock, and were re-engaged at two o'clock, they received the same wages and resumed their old occupations, but they knew that the long years which they had spent in the service of Government, refusing the better offers of private shipbuilders, at periods when skilled labour was in high demand, under the deluive belief that the superannuated pension would be forthcoming when the time of their service was accomplished, were thrown away. Thus after expending the best years of their lives in the service of their country they will be cast upon the world, and most probably they will die in the workhouse. To say nothing of the dishonesty of such conduct, and the breech of honour, honesty, and integrity, to which no private firm could dare to stoop, the impolicy of the proceedings is so manifest that we would rather believe that Sir CHARLES WOOD had again brought his baneful influence to boar upon the Admiralty Board, than that the Duke of SOMERSET held sway there. Is it at all likely that clever artisans will care to devote their lives to a service which grants tardy advancement and but moderate pay, and will neglect auy chance of bettering their condition, when prices rise and when they can turn to advane tage the experienee which they have acquired under the able shipwrights or engineers of Her MAJES TY'S dockyards. The course is a suicidal one, and will be looked upon with complacency by all lead ing shipbuilders, who will at once find a greater supply of skilled labour in the market and a cor responding increase of Government contracts. It might puzzle the wisest to understand, and perplex the most astute to divine what can be the motive which actuates our authorities thus to lay down these laws and to counteract all the efforts of those who have gone before them. The details that are furnished relative to this subject in the naval intel ligence of yesterday aro in themselves sufficient to stamp the whole proceeding with ignominy, and give rise to serious doubts as to the efficacy of ar rangements which are based upon such glaring in justice and wanton disregard of important claims. We learn that on Monday fifteen men received notice of dismissal at Woolwich in consequence of the new rules regarding the "superannuation al lowance." These men were of various trades, and some had been employed for a period of from 15 to 24 years in the establishment. They are now in the miserable condition of uncertainty as to their prospects which must awaken sympathy in the minds of all not totally callous to the best feelings of humanity. They have reason to apprehend that they will not receive the least assistance from the Government, although they have been for so long in the factory where some of them have been in jured and "rendered unfit for future work." The barbarity of such a course of proceeding is truly painful to the mind to contemplate. Can it be for a paltry saving that the men who assume to guide our affairs can propose to inflict such injustice on honest and upright men who have word hard in the servic- of their country ? If such be the motive, it is of so mistaken a nature that the most simple and ignorant might well hesitate to own to it. Let not the delegates of the Admiralty come to Parlia ment with the boast that they have done great things in the way of economy, and effected conside rable savings to the revenue. Their fine sounding ' expositions will not convince their hearers, when they remember what sufferers have fallen by the wayside, victims have fallen in the track of their chariot wheels. A more contemptible device was never resorted to than this of defrauding the poor of the guerdon of their toil, and sequestrating the claims which are the birthright of their labour. It is not the way to deserve to prosper, and very cer tainly it will not do so. The juggling nature of the whole scheme will readily be comprehended by th e men who suffer by its working, and the credit and character thus forfeited will never be regained. It is high time that some notice was taken of all this unworthy trifling with the interests of our dock yard, and that the perpetrators of the hurtful de sign receive the censure which they 83 richly merit. To those who take a right view of such things it will be a sad reflection that a man may work away through all the years of his health and strength, and when the weakness of age, the infir mities of sickness, and the enervating effects of overwork come upon him, that he be cast away as a worn-out tool or a used-up garment. We are told that the labourer is worthy of his hire, and it is a part of his hire that those who can afford it should provide in some measure for the period of inaction which is often superinduced by over work in their service. It is a shame that those in high places should presume to turn and twist things to suit their narrow notions, and satisfy their very elastic consciences. The distinctions that exist between right and wrong are too broadly defined, or rest upon too solid foundations for them to displace them ; and in the face of their pretentious reforms, and sweeping innovations, the voice of justice de clares against them. The claims of those who suffer are based upon the sure convictions of all who advocate honour, honesty, and fair play, and such an appeal ought not to be disregarded. As political economists it is absurd, as officials it is a gross blunder, and as members of a government it is a violation of their duties thus to inflict injuries upon honest labourers which these wiseacres of the Admiralty have been effecting with such a l acr ity and inconsiderateness. The temperature of the last few days has made it difficult for us to believe that we are as yet but in the middle of M ky. Instead of th e usual vari able weather, the mild spring days interspersed with clouds and showers, with cold 'winds an d dark weather, we have the glowing heat of mid summer—the cloudless heaven of the b r i ghtest days of July. The May of tti poets has lo ng be come traditionary, and has lingered only in their enchanted pax e, where, as LEIGH HUNT tells us, she is an evergreen. Of late years the May qu eens and village festivities, traditionary to the time, have appeared almost ridiculous in recollection, under g l oo my, ungenial skies, and cold 1;0„ek winds, which would be likely enough to render the tragic pirate of the Laureetc's sprightly maiden only the natural result of seeing " Charles's Vain come out above the tall grey chimney tops" in book muslin and roses. But this year nil sueh legends are perfectly comprehensible, and only require the addition of sunshades over the flowery crowns and marquees over the maypole. The sunshine of the present season is as much in excess of our usual allowance at thi s t i me as the cold o f t h e ear ly months of the year outstripped culations. L e t u heal s hope that its e ff ec t on the public while we may th may be le ss perc eptible, our ordinary cer tainlyeel- rejoice in its b ene ficial and fete Hieing influ ence. Pleasant as the cloudless sky may be, how ever, to the firmer, who awes in it th e prom i se o f a plentiful harvest, and welcome as may be the THE SUN, LON DON,T WEDNESDA Y EVENING, MAY it, iota;. kindly rays at holiday treat or rural festival, the busy toilers in the crowded ways of the metropolis are apt to find them somewhat exhausting. If the denizen of shop or counting-house sigh for a breath of the outer air, those who are actually engaged in outdoor work, or whose avocations make it neces sary for them to pass much to and fro in the hot, dusty streets, are often wellnigh spent with " the heat and burden of the day," and thankful to avail themselves of the first means of refreshment at hand. At such times how welcome is the fresh clear fountain offering its refreshing draught to the thirsty wayfarer, and how great a blessing must be those opportunities which have of late years bee❑ given by public benevolence or private charity. The comfort which the free drinking fountains have given, and the extent to which the advantages which they offer have been appreciated by the public at large, are shown by the surprising fact, recorded on trust worthy authority, that a quarter of a million of persons drink daily of these fountains during the day. When it is remembered that the association which has made this calculation has only been as yet able to erect 80 fountains, it will be seen that the number of passengers who stop to drink is pro portionately very large. It is therefore not without reason that Mr. GURNEY makes a public appeal on behalf of the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association to enable it to extend its beneficent labours still further. The committee of the association are constantly being applied to for new fountains, and there are many parts of Lon don in which such a boon would be an incalculable blessing; but the good work is, unfortunately, like too many other good works, compelled to re strict its labours for want of funds. The associas tion undertakes not only to erect the fountains, but to keep them in repair, so that their expenses do not terminate with the actual placing of the foun tain. The necessity of such a system of supervision is shown by the fact of several of those fountains erected by private benevolence having got out of order. The committee propose taking them also under their supervision, and we should recommend them to make this one of their first tasks, since before building fresh fountains it would seem to be only common sense to have those which are already in existence, in as efficient state. The committee declare it to be their desire to extend their operations to every corner of the metropolis, and we trust they will before long be able to fulfil their desire. The im portance of a sufficient supply of pure water is almost incalculable to the public health. For drink, for cooking, for every household purpose good water is an inestimable boon, which, like the air we breathe, is only valued when we miss it. It has been one of the most serious antago nistic influences to Anglo-Indian life that Calcutta is so ill supplied with water, and in many of our London dens and rookeries the want is as severely felt as in the City of Palaces. These fountains render the dwellers in our pent-up courts and lanes, in some measure, independent of negligent builders and careless landlords. Thanks to them there need be no need for fetching gin because the water is to 3 bad to drink alone, wherever they are within reach. The working man, too, may often slake his thirst at the little tempting basin when, otherwise, a dusty walk or a heavy job might send him to the beer shop or the gin palace. The committee have also wisdom and humanity enough to extend their care to the brute creation, and regret that they are as yet unable to give the fall amount of relief needed by cattle and dogs. Every one who has watched the poor over-driven cattle coming or going on the roadloy a London market, must be anxious that something should be done to mitigate their sufferings. It is but common humanity to supply so simple and pressing a need of animal life; and in the cases of both cattle and dogs it would certainly be a safety to di so. In Lisbon, notwithstanding the heat, it is said that hydrophobia is unknown, because pans of water are set here and there on the highways for thirsty dogs, and there can be no doubt that a good supply of water would go far towards keeping cattle from getting excited and unmanageable. " The merciful man is merciful to his beast," and water is surely a thing which the meanest animal has a right to demand. It is one of the great pro visions of nature, for rich and poor, for great and small, for wise and simple alike, and has so impor tant a share in the general well-being that the ancients reckoned it among the component parts of man's frame. But the best argument on behalf of these erections is their practical service, and so long as 250,000 persons stop daily to drink at 80 fours. tains it can hardly be denied that they so far ful filled their mission, and that they supply a great public need. Parliamentary Business after Whitsuntide. The House of Commons will meet to-morrow after the Whitsuntide recess. Mr Dodson will ask leave to bring in a bill to amend the registration of county voters in England and Wales. Mr Bovill will ask leave to bring in a bill to make further provision for the registration of burials in England. Sir G. Grey will ask leave to bring in a bill to amend the act for the better management of highways in Eng land. Oa Friday the Attorney-General will move the second reading of the New Parishes Acts Amend ment Bill, upon which Mr Hadfield will move an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day six months. On the same day, on going into committee of supply, Mr Baxter will call attention to the state of affairs in China. Oa Monday, the 23d inst., Mr Watkia will ask Mr Layard to state the present position of negotiations with the Go vernment of the United States in reference to the proposed termination or repeal by the United States of the Reciprocity Treaty and of the Bonding Act, under which instruments facilities for mutual com mercial interchange have been afforded, and a large and increasing trade has grown up with the colonies of British North America. Oa Tuesday, the 24th, Mr Hennessy will call attention to the emigration of the agricultural population of Ireland. On Yuen. day, the 31st May, Mr Cobden will move—" That, recognising and approving the policy of non-inter vention in the internal affairs of foreign countries which regulates our relations with the States of Europe and America, this house is of opinion that the same policy should be observed in our intercourse with the Chinese empire. On Fri day, June 3, Mr Lncisay will call attention to certain matters affecting the interests of this country in connection with the war which still oezitinues in the United States of America, and will submit a resolution which will have for its object other mediation between the contending sec tions of these States, or the recognition of the in dependence of the Confederate States. Mr. Baxter will move the precious question. Oa Tuesday, the 7th of June, Mr. E. Bouverie will move " That this House will resolve itself into a committee to con- Bider portions of the Act of Uniformity." On Tues day, the 14th June, Mr.Dillwyn will call attention to the state of the Irish Church. There are many notices of motion on the books of the House for which no days have yet been fixed. Amongst them are Mr. ILBerkeley on the ballot, Mr. Doulton en preserving commons and open spaces in and around the metropolis, Mr. Hodgson on the royal naval reserve, Mr. Horsman on Denmark, Mr. R. Long on Japan and China, Mr. Maguire on the state of Ireland, Mr. Roebuck on the Suez Canal, Mr. IL Se v a t mo i n on u r . o n be ex. the Ecclesiastical teu o n oth t e franchise Commission, and b y A i ther. wk introduction of educational end other tests, . Herr Ernst's Coming Concert, O the 30th of M a y—th a t i s t o s ay . upon a ''n next loda llL e n v d e a ng y in week—there will be given at the St. James's Hall a concert of unusual attractiveness. It will be one of the Monday Popular Concerts — justly so called—but it will be one in many respects in a . word, be ERNST'S. Kerr Ernst, the most ac vlterwyieuxbceeptthioencaoln.celrtt will, of ac complished eta the most rarely-gifted of living violinists. Not, alas ! that the great artist will then himself be once mere enabled to make his appearance, violin and bow in band, in front of the orchestra—he being still unhappily precluded from giving that crowning attraction to his own concert, to this concert associated with his distinguished name. But—if his own wonderful tones, his own magical touch, his own well-remem bered wiz irdry over his instrument, cannot be listened to on this occasion —his last imsginings ;gill at least there be given expression to, by congenial artists, among others by his eminent pupil, Herr Joachim : Of the sentiments of profound regard and of affectionate admiration inspired to wards himself by Herr Ernst, and that too among those the most capable of appreciating, at once, the value of his friendship and the fascination of his genius, the public had signal evidence afforded to them last year through the charming de dicatory lines prefixed to « Caxtoniana," In corroboration of what was there so,exquisitely ex pressed in the few but alcquent words of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, we f i nd in a recent plumber of the Musical "World the following Extract from a Private Letter, headed " Joseph Joachim to Heinrich Ernst :"—" Dear and Honoured Friend," says the younger Violinist, the gifted Pupil to the yet more after you are beginning to get better, your patience should be gifted again A ster,"However sorry I am that subjected to so hard a trial, the c onfidence expressed by your m e dical man affords m e consolation. I certai n l y h a d h o p e d, from the ia accounts my brother now and then gave me of you that, on the occasion, soardentiv desired on my part, again, thi s spr i ng, I s h ou ld h ave once m pleasure of hearing the magnifi cento oor2e enjoyed t tones meeting onesofyO e u r violin ! Providence, ho wever, decrees otherwise. lam not destined, dear Master, to hear you, and thus to me, thanks to your confi dence, is entrusted the noble task of making the musical world of London acquainted with your newest creation. I need scarcely say with what deep love I shall devote myself to the service of your Muse. Command me as you will, and let me place. soo I ara nknowon what day your concert can take exceedingly anxious to see your Etudes,' though I am rea lly a f ra id o f your finger ing [a foot-not e i n t h e M us i ca l W or ld h ere a dd s, 44 ' Grippe,' Grips,' Grasps'—in allusion, we pre sume, to the uncommon grasp of Herr Ernst's left hand"]— but, whatever comes from your pen, I will, at all events, practice, even though I may not succeed in doing it justice." This charming communication is dated " Hanover, April 13th"—and signed " your truly devoted friend, Joseph Joachim." Added to wbat has thus been so touchingly and gracefully said by Herr Joachim, let us yet further remark in regard to the feeling inspired towards himself among his brother-artists by Herr Ernst—that Signor Sivori wig return to England from Paris expressly to take part in the coming Entertainment ! And that our great English Tenor, Mr. Sims Reeves, with an "esprit" worthy of himself and of the man to whom he thus offered this graceful tribute of his artistic sympathy, volun teered to Herr Ernst his eager co-operation. Altogether among the distinguished artistes whose names are already down in the programme for Herr Ernst's Concert, on Monday evening, the 30th inst., we observe, in regard to the pianoforte, the names of Madame Arabella Goddard and Mr. Charles Halle, and in regard to the violin, those of Herr Joachim and Signor Sivori. The vocalists including Madlle. Bettelheirn, Mr. Santley, and Mr. Sims Reeves—with M. Jules. Benedict as the Conductor- The chief attraction of all during the evening will be, however, the fact, that a New Quartett and other compositions, by Herr Ernst himself, will then and there, for the first time, be Performed! The Peace Society. - The 43:h anniversary meeting of the Peace Society was held last evening in Finsbury Chepel, Moorfieldr—Mr Joseph Pease, M.P., in the chair. Amongst those, present were Mr R. Charton, Mr S. Rowley, Mr E. Burritt, Rev. J. Long, Mr H. R usse ll, R e y. A. Good, Rev. E. P. Wood. Mr J. Jones, Mr T. Tegore and Mr M. Ghose (India), Mr W. Holmes Calton, Rev. Dr Bowry, Dr Corner, Rev. Dr Campbell, Mr F. Thorp, Mr J. Cooper, Mr W. H. Bonner, Mr J. Priestman, Mr R. Alsop, Mr J. Clark, Mr J. Stewart (Croydon), Mr C. Fry, and rainy others. The Rev. Mr RICHARDS, the secretary, read the o e r r o report of the society, which stated that the princi ples oi into t t o h the society, w w h e e r t e he g r ra th d o u s a e principles llyforcing theirwere good tbe na, or bad T t a h o e committee ordinary operations determined of in the society w had been carried on muchsame as usual, although somewhat restricted f o r wan t of funds. The committee had three lecturers in the field, and several auxiliaries of the society had be en formed in the country. The committee deeply deplore the unhappy war in America, and th e y believe that while the combatants were filled with passion any attempt at remonstrance would only lead to an ex tension of the evil. The committee were also of opinion that if the news which had lately reached this country that the Southerners were beginni n g to murder the black soldiers of the North and th eir white effi3ers were true, the war would lead to an indiscriminate butchery on both sides. The rep ort then adverted to the late events in the ed t s o stick to Japan, and strongly condemned the cond uc t o f our officials in destroying Prince Satsuma's town. The committe e felt that the cordial thanks of the society w ere due to her Majesty's Government for withstanding all inducements to interfere in the 'American, Polish, and the Germanic-Danish wars. Th e cash state ment showed that the balance a t the ban kers' on the 16th of May last was £441 lie. ld. The income for the past year amounted to £1,492 53., and the expenditure to £1,879 12s. 3d. The balance in hand amounted to £54 3s. 10d. The CLIAIRAINN then addressed the meeting, and in the course of a long address said that war and slaughter stood in the way of the circulation of the Bible. lie commended the society to them bemuse he loved it and believed in its principles. No one out of the metropolis could tell th e amount of injury done in the country by the spread of the martial the me n were taken from Sunday schools, the churches, spirit; numbers of our young I n conclusion he urc h e s, and from agri cultural and other eallings• con gratulated them upon the a mount of success which had been achieved by the society's operations. Addresses having been delivered in which the principles of the society were advanced by Mr. r a xtou Hood, Rev. Jas. Samuel Bowley, Rev. E. Long, Mr. Eiihu Banat, and o thers, the following resolution was carried :-- " That this meeting gratefully acknowledges the wisdom and firmness w ith which her Majesty's interfering by force or nano-German Ministers have abstained f rom of arms in the American, g oliehl wars, which could only in eac h ease have extended the area and aggravated th e horrors of the conflict. It earnestly hopes that the Government will not adhere to this policy of forbearance as respects Europe and America, but that it will extend the same to our Eastern relations, so that England may not again have to blush before the world for such acts es those recently perpetrated in her name in China and Japan, acts all the more indefensible, as our recent experience in'lndia has proved that in the East as in the West the most conciliatory and humane policy is also the most successful." A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the meeting, THE MARRIAGE OF THE COUNT DE P ARIS .— I C ) a u ci c i h z e p s s ap d e e rs m s o a n y tp t e h n e s je o r bj t e o e tv n gland is to be pres en t a t the o f the visit of the Duk e an d is to be celebrated on th e 30th t rn o a t r h r e ia c ge ou o n f tthdeeirpdaaruisg,hwtheirc,hDona Maria Isi-bel d'Orlcans, inst. The Spanish Minister in London has also been directed by royal order to be present as a witness of the marriage. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] TURIN, MAY 18. The Opinione of to-day denies the rumours that the negotiations for the sale of the Government railways have been broken off. On the contrary, the negotiations are almost ter minated, and' a contravention will shortly be laid before the Italian Parliament, together with other railway bills. CADIZ, MAY 17. Advices received here state that the steamer Puerto Rico lied left Cuba with 1,000 men for St. Domingo. The Infanta Isabel had arrived. An insurrection had broken cut at Hayti, but has been suppressed by Presithnt Chffrard. DENMARK, (From the Times Special Correspondent lately at the Danish Head-quarters.) COPENHAGEN, May 15, p.m. There is good reason to believe that the Prussians are not willing to abide by their own part of the terms of the armistice. It was stipulated that the intercourse between the Danish Islands and the in vaded districts of Jutland should be free, but we find that travellers are not allowed to cross from Funen to Jutland, between Middlefart and Gnoghoi, nor across the Lum Fiord, between Aal borg and Norrrsundby. It was with the greatest difficulty, and after 24 hours' delay, that the post was allowed to proceed beyond Aarhuus. The Prussians seem also to carry on their depre dations in Jutland as freely after the armistice as they did before it. A merchant in Aarhus writes that on the 13th an intimation was conveyed to him that his shop would be plundered. That shop, like other clothes' stores in that town, was closed by the Prussians, who set their seals on the locks, and put sentries to the doors. The military authorities of the invading army keep the property of the citizens under lock and key, and help themselves to it when ever it suits their purpose. It is thus that other shops at Aarhuus were robbed, some to the extent of 3,000 thalers—some even for larger sums. Oa the 12th and on the following day horses and cattle were forcibly taken from the peasants, and goods from the shopkeepers. Oa the same day, the 13th, a contribution of 200,000 thalers was, we are assured, laid upon the town ; 400 woollen blankets were plundered from the shops; besides a large number of horses and cattle from the country. At Randers all the corn stores have equally been put under sequestration, and their contents are at the mercy oflthe invaders. Goods which had been seized before the 12th have been carried away as lawful prey on the following day—that is, three days after the armistice was announced, and 24 hours after it had come into operation. The Berlins/Bk° Mende, a semi-official organ, defends the Danish Government from the charge which has been brought against it, of breaking its contract with the Doke of Augustenburg. At the time that the Duke placed himself in open treason and rebelion against his Sovereign, in 1848.50, the King's Government agreed to pay to the Duke 1,500,000 specie-thalers upon certain conditions, among which there was the exclusion of the Duke and his family from all the Danish dominions, and a solemn promise on their part never to disturb the tranquillity of the State. That sum was intended as an indemnity for the confiscated property of the Duke, which lay in the Isle of Ala and other parts of Schleswig. That property was, however, only valued at 1,300,000 species ; it was, besides, encumbered with mcrtgeges to the amount of 360,000 species. The sum of 1,500,000 species (8,500,000 f.), vastly exceeding the real worth, was allowed from mere generosity of the then King, Frederick VII., probably with a hope to put an end for ever to the pretensions of a Prince who had shown so little scruple both es to the end he was driving at and as to the means by which he hoped to attain it. As the Danish Government were un able or unwilling to pay the stipulated sum at once, they converted it into bonds to bearer of 2,000 species each, and paid these bonds regularly in half yearly instalments on the 30th of June and 31st of December of every year, up to the end of last year (1863), when the sum still due was 274,000 species principal, and 13,400 interest, or altogether 287,000 species. As the payments were, however, by a common agreement, to be made by the State Treasury at Altona, and this town was occupied by the Federal troops Wore the 31st of,Deceue,ber last, the Danish Government conceives that the payment should have been made by the Federal Commis sioners charged with the administration of Holstein, and out of the revenues of that Duchy. FRANCE. Hassan.Ali-Khan, the Persian Ambassador in Paris, has returned from a visit to England, and resumed the duties of his post. M. Steege, Minister of Finance at Bucharest, has just arrived in Paris. His visit is connected, it is said, with financial questions. Sir Anthony de Rothschild has arrived at the Hotel Bristol from London. BOURSE, May 17,—The market continues dull, but with little change in quotations. Threes, for the Account, are now at CV. 75c. Mobilier firm at 1,165 fr. Railway Alarket quiet, and with pre vious prices pretty well maintained. The market closed as follows 41 per Cents. 93 25 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 SO Credit Mobilier 1167 50 Do. end month 1 WO Bank Shares 3370 Credit F oncier 12!;7 50 Roman Italian Loan G9 Do. end month — New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian .. - Spanish Threes 5l 50 Elome Debt Deferred RA IL 'AT S. Cash. Account. Orleans . BB7 75 .. 880 Northern Lyons awl lleditcrrat can 885 .. 885 New ditto Smthern 653 75 .. 655 Western .. , 502 50 .. Eastern Sarlinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. 570 . 570 Ditto to Barcelona MR. DEMPSTER'S ENTERTAINMENT, This gentleman, who is well known in the musi cal world as an American composer and vocalist of considerable reputation, gave yesterday a series of musical illustrations of the songs in Tennyson's " Idylls of the King," together with selections from other poets, most of whom he had himself adapted to music. The beauty and pathos of the four songs in the "Idylls" is too well known to need comment, but their English admirers will be curious to com pare Mr. Dempster's setting of them with those accompaniments already popular. We may parti cularly commend the three first songs for the beauty of the airs and for the style of the singing. Mr. Dempster, with whom the Leureate is evidently a favourite, has also composed a cantata on Tenny son's " May Queen," which he played and snag; and he also gave some old favourites, such as the Scotch songs "The Barring of the Door" and lak yer auld cloak a b oa t y e ," w ith gre at spirit and success. The performances were varied by some very brilliant pianoforte playing by Miss Elizabeth Somerville, a pupil of the Stuttgart Conservatoire of Music, who made her debut in London on this occasion. A Bolero, by Chopin, and a Reverie, by Schumann, were the best of her performances. Should she fulfil the promise which she gives, she will be an acquisition to our concert rooms. Alto gether, the entertainment, which was of a novel and interesting character, passed off with great success. The Murder et Colney Hatch, ' ~---- ADJOURNED CORON _INQUEST AND SPECIAL VERDICT. Yesterday the investigation opened on Tuesday*, t :,:!) 10th instant, at Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, as to the deate of John Swiney Phillips, aged 52, late confidential clerk to Messrs. Rogerson and Ford, solicitors, of Lincoln's-inn fields, who was killed by another inmate named Daniel Hobbs, on the sth instant, was resumed before Dr, Lankes ter, coroner for the central district of Middlesex, at that institution. The inquiry, which involves the general mode of con ducting and the character of so important an institution, created very deep interest, and Mr. W. H. Bodkin, assi,t taut judge, and a large number of the visiting justices of Middlesex, were present. Mr. Ford, in the employment of whose firm deceased had been, again attended on behalf of his relatives and friends. Prior to resuming the evidence, which, it will be remem bered, showed that on the sth of May a patient named Daniel Hobbs came out of one of the closets with a piece of gas piping, which he had torn from the wall, in his hand, and that deceased attempted tc take it from him ; that Hobbs wrested the pipe from Phillips, and, striking him a blow on the head with the gas pipe, at the end of which was a joint, felled him to the ground; the jury proceeded to view the closet, and also the half-padded rooms in which Hobbs and deceased were placed in seclusion after the occurrence. The gas piping had passed over the doorway of the closet, and could be reached by a patient. Hobbs, the accused, was placed in it, and although he exhibited symptoms of the most complete insanity, he put up his hand and showed he could reach the pipe. The half-padded cells are padded to about the height of a man's chest, and are well lighted and ventilated. On returning to the inquest-room, Dr. Sheppard, the senior medical officer, was recalled, and subjected by Mr Ford to a severe cross-examination, as to why, in the face of the two medical certificates, one repro • senting Hobbs as a violent, restive, dangerous, and revenge ful lunatic, and the other stating deceased to be a paralysed, harmless imbecile, they had been placed in the:same ward, and he produced the book in which he made the entry of his own observations on both cases when admitted. In re ference to a statement Dr. Sheppard had made previous to the adjournment, that he had at once placed Hobbs in No, 5 ward, with the rest of the paralytic patients, ho wished to correct it. He at first ordered him to the dangerous ward, and on the following evening he was conveyed to No. 5 ward. He now produced the case book, containing the entries made on admission with regard to the deceased, and to his assailant, Hobbs. The first, with regard to the deceased Phillips, made on the 13th April, was as fol lows :—" A strange but highly intellectual-looking man. Symptoms, general paralysis, in an advanced stage." There was a second entry with regard to Phillips, dated May 5, the day on which he died, viz. :—" His conduct since his admission has been characterised by extreme restlessness, violent, and rapidly becoming emaciated. About 1 p.m. ho was struck behind the left ear by another patient." The entry with regard to Daniel Hobbs, deceased's assailant, was made on April 21, and described him as " full of extra vagant delusions, paralysed, and impaired." In further cross-examination, Dr Sheppard said he gave verbal directions as to the wards in which patients should be placed. Placed Hobbs in the violent ward when he first came in, probably in deference to the opinion of the medi cal man under whose certificate he had been sent ; bat his own observations did not confirm that medical opinion. Put Hobbs in the violent ward with a view to his own observa tions, and from reports as to his quiet conduct transferred him on the following day to No. 5 ward. Received reports from the warders of No. 5 ward as to Hobbs's conduct from time to time, They generally were that he was violent and destructive. Most of the patients in No. 5 ward were so. Hobbs had been four times placed in seclusion on account of such violence, and the deceased had been once in seclu sion since he had been in the asyliam before the day of the occurrence. Had no doubt but that he had no tice both of deceased and Hobbs being placed in se clusion on the day of this occurrence. . These reports were made on small memorandum forms, and were after wards destroyed, Believed ,he received notice of the de ceased and Hobbs being placed 'in seclusion on the sth of May, about two hours after the occurrence took place. Was not called to see deceased until five o'clock, and then found him in'a comatose state. The wound on the head behind the left ear had had bleed flowing from it, and did not appear to have been washed. Saw deceased again about seven o'clock. He was then rapidly sinking, and died at a quarter to 11. Did not give any notice of the deceased's death to his rela tives, but forwarded the particulars of the case to the coroner, as required by the Lunacy Act. Did not know:the actual cause of the deceased's death until after making the post-mortem examination. Dr. Sheppard also produced the medical journal, in which there was an entry on May 9, " John Swiney Phillips, died sth May; fracture of the skull." Francis Ewers, the keeper present when deceased re ceived the blow from Hobbs, was recalled and said, after he had wrested the picco of gas pipe from Hobbs he saw there was blood issuing from a wound behind deceased's left ear, He did not think it serious at the time, but reported the occurrence immediately to Usher, the chief attendant of No, 5 ward. Thomas H. Chancy, clerk to the asylum, produced the certificate he had received front the medical officers, stating that the death of the deceased had been " precipitated by a blow on the head given by another patient." He had sent the letter produced to deceased's relations. It simply stated that demised had died on the sth of May, but not the cause of death. It was not usual to state to relatives the special cause of death, and ho considered he had acted in this case in accordance with the rule of the asylum. The rule referred to was read, and stated that in case of violent death notice should be sent, not only to the coroner and registrar of the district, but to the chairman of the visiting justices, the overseers of the parish to which the patient belonged, and to the friends of the deceased patient. William Knapp, another keeper, deposed to running to the assistance of Ewens when the occurrence took place. He saw two pieces of gas piping which Ewens had taken from the patient Hobbs. The deceased did not appear much hurt, but was excited. They were both placed in seclusion. Thomas John Ford, inspector of the A division of the asylum, said he received information of the occurrence about a quarter to two o'clock, on the sth of May, and on doing so he went to see Phillips, who was in'one of the halt-padded rooms. He was excited, but he at that time did not observe anything which made him think it necessary to report to the medical officer. About five p.m. he was in formed that there was a great change in Phillips ; and on suing him, and finding his feet cold, sent a notice to the d oc t or that ho was required to be seen, but did not recollect that he sta.'ed that he had received an i n j ury . This being fiat' close of the evid ence th e C oroner reca pitulated the dream.' lances, and gave hi s v i ew o f the l a w of the case, which was that if they considered Hobbs a responsible individual at than time he struck deceased, he was liable to have a verdict of wilful murder or man slaughter returned against him. The Jury retired, and in about teas minutes came into court with a verdict—" That the deceased, John Swiney Phillips, died from the effeoto of a blow on the head in flicted by Daniel Hobbs, the latter being at the time in a state of manaical insanity." They desired also to append the following :—" The jury inapannelled at the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum on the 10th and 17th of May, on the body of John Swiney Phillips, and having returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased came to his death by a blow from Daniel Hobbs, are desirous of calling the attention of the visiting justices to the necessity of ie suing direction to the attendant to send for the medical superintendent whenever an acci dent, however slight, occurs to the patients. The jury are also of opinion that the gas pipes throughout the establish ment at Colney Hatch should be rendered mere secure by covering, so as to prevent the recurrence of attacks, by this means, of one patient on another." The inquiry then terminated. INTERESTING BUT NOT TRUE.—A Nottingham correspondent has sent us a story to the effect that an infant was floated in its cardle on the turbulent waters of the Shef field flood to Mexborough, and was discovered unharmed by the clergyman's wile, by whom it has been kindly adopted. It is another version of a very pretty story which has been current in Sheffield and the villages around ever since the flood, and which in its most romantic shape repre• seats the infant as having been floated from Malin Bridge, as being the only survivor of a largo family, as having pur ring at its feet in its wooden cradle a pet kitten, as having been deposited on an embankment at Attercliffe perfectly dry and unharmed. The story adds that it was found and anopte.d by the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, who refused an offer of LNG from the mayor for his living relic of the great inun dation. 'We are sorry to spoil so pretty a story, but truth compels us to say that there is not a word of truth in it.— Sheffield Independent. • - - FRENCII VOLATILITY.—An anecdote that Mr Wilberforce said had been related to him by Mr Pitt :—" `:_hortly after the tragical fate of Marie Antoinette, a French imigrd of some distinction, a denizen of the French Court, who had become acquainted with Mr Pitt by meeting him there, took refuge in England, and oncoming to London went to pay his respects in Downing-street. As was natural the conversation at once turned on the terrible scenes of blood which had recently occurred in Paris, and in particular on the cruelties wreaked upon the Queen. The Frenchman was at length overcome, and he sobbed out, " Ah I Monsieur Pitt, la pauvre Refine, la pauvro Refine 1" These words were pronounced with much emotion, when a new idea possessed him, and starting from his chair he ex claimed, " Cependant, Monsieur Pitt, it taut vous faire voir mon petit chien denser.' Theu pulling a small kit from his pocket, and calling out, " Fanchon, Fanchon, dansez. dansez I' he and the dog began to cut such capers together that the Minister's gravity was quite overcome, and h e burst into a loud laugh, scarcely knowing whether to be most amused or astonished." A project has been started for the construction of a railway through a pas.i in the Andes ; the line would connect the Pacific. and Atlantic seaboards of the South American, continent. ertfurt,*;, ' Orattr, HER MAJESTY, BALMORAL, May 15. Lord Stanley of Alderley had the honour of dining with her MBjesty and tho royal family. 4.- - The Prince and Princess of "Wales. The Princ3 of Wales rode on horseback yesterday forenoon, attended by 1119jor_Teesdale. The Prince and Princess of Wales took a carriage drive in the afternoon. Mr Harry Hall had the honour of submitting his picture of " Stockwell" to his Royal Highness the Plitee of Wales. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, A telegram was received in town yesterday from Germany which states the prince to be in excellent health. His royal highness was to leave Darm stadt for Carlsruhe this morning. The Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice an her husband, the Prince Louis of Hesse, are shortly expected to visit the Queen at Balmoral. The Fairy is ordered to be in readiness at Dordrecht to convey their royal highnesses to Flushing, where the Victoria and Albert, royal steam yacht, is to be in waiting to convey the prince and princess to England. The ex-Royal Family of France. The whole of the Orleans branch of thu House of Bourbon have assembled at Claremont, for the approaching nuptials of the Count de Paris to the Infanta Marie Isabella, eldest daughter of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Mont pensier. The venerable ex-Queen Marie Amelia returned to Claremont on Saturday, from a short residence at St. Leonards, in order to .meet the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier and family, who arrived at Claremont on Monday evening, from Spain. The Duke de Nemours and the Prince and Prin cess de Joinville have returned to Claremont from a visit to Belgium on family affairs. Tire betrothal of the Count de Paris and his cousin, the lafanta Marie Isabella, took place at the Palace of St. Telme, in the early part of last month. We understand that the marriage is fired to take place on the 31st instant, at the Roman Catholic Chapel at Kingston. The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, the Duke Augustus and the Duchess Clementina, and the Duke and Duchess de Chartres, will assemble at Claremont on the interesting event. The day selected for the wedding is the miniver.. sary of the marriage of the late Duke of Orleans with the Princess Helene of Mecklenbur- Schwerin. Mr. Walford has had the honour of an interview with the Prince and Princess of %Vales at Marlborough House, and of presenting copies of the new edition of his " County Families," which were graciously accepted. The work will appear henceforth under the patronage of their Royal Highnesses. The Archbishop of Canterbury had a dinner party last evening, at Lambeth Palace. Among the guests of his grace were the Archbishop of Armagh and Mrs. Beresford, the Bishop of Ripon and Mrs. Bicker steth, Lieut.-Gen. and Mrs. Knollys, Lady Radstcck and Hon. Miss Waldegrave, the Bishop of Bangor and Mrs. Campbell, and a largo party. Covers were laid for 32. Prince Leon Eadzivil has arrived at Long's Hotel. Prince Paskievitch has left the hotel. Viscount Palmerston, in celebration of her Ma jesty's birthday, will give a grand full dress banquet to a lArge circle of peers and supporters of the Government, on Tuesday next, at Cambridge House, Piccadilly. Lord and Lady Southampton are expected to arrive in town at the end of the week from passing a few weeks in Paris. Lord Hotham entertained a select party at dinner yesterday evening, at his residence in Grosvenor street. Sir George Grey, as &erctary of State for the Home Department, will give a full dress banquet at the Clarendon Hotel on Tuesday next, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer will give a full dress dinner on Tuesday next to the Gover nor of the Bank of England, the Chairman of the Board of Customs, the Chairman of the Board of Inland Ravenu©, &c., at the right hon. gentleman's private residence ou Carlton-house-terrace. Sir John and Lady Thorold have iirrived at the Palace Hotel, Buckingham•gate, from Paris. Miss Burdett Coutts and Mrs. Brown have left town for Torquay. THE NEW STAMP DUTY ON VOTING PAPERS.-- A duty of one penny is to be paid on voting papers by proxy in the United Kingdom at any meeting of shareholders or society, or at any society exercising a public trust. DEATH OF ADMIRAL ROBINSON.—We have to record the death of Admiral Hercules Robinson, who ex plied on Sunday last at Southsea, near Portsmouth. The gallant admiral, who was in his 75th year, served on board the Euryalus as a midshipman at the battle of Trafalgar under the immortal Nelson. He was commander of the Prometheus when he captured three privateers in (he face of the enemy, supported by a large body of troops. His commissions bore date as follows :—Lieutenant, April 27, 1807; commander, August 30, 1809 ; captain, June 7, 1814 ; rear •admiral, October 9, 1849; vice -admiral, Octobur 21, 1856 ; and admiral, January 15, 1862. OCTOGENARIAN INTREPIDITY.—LIteIy an old woman, 82 years of age, paid a visit to Milstetid to bid adieu to some relations previcus to her starting for Utah. She is nothing daunted at the task before her, being assured by her chief that traveliing by railway is so sweet on the other side of the water. She goes with a man about the same age as herself, and feels confident that she shall yet see three sons of hers who have been some time in the Mormon colony.—Maidstone Journal. THE CROPS IN CALIFORNIA.—From almost every section of California (with but few exceptions), w e have good news of the crops, since the late copious rains ; in fact in several places it is reported that the crops ar s from four tc six weeks earlier than for long, long year s ' These facts preclude the possibility of any advance in bread" stuffs, and lucky are those farmers that sold when the Prie s of wheat was at 21 cents. per lb. This prospect o f a good harvest gives life and animation to trade, both in the country and the city.--San Francisco Paper. MRS. MACREADY'S DRAMATIC REClTALS.—Yes terday evening Mrs. Macready repeated a series of her dramatic recitals at the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hano ver-square. The programme included an extract from the first scene of Sheridan Knowles's " Hanehback," the poem of " The Boy and his Angel," by Caroline Sawyer, and the liallad of "The Oysterman," by C. W. Holmes. To this u an extract from the works of Ed war d Poe, en titled e ells," in the recitation of w hi c h Mrs. Mac ready essayed Ttatation of the int ona ti on of differen t au :. bells—a difficult task, tril." l :!2 but one in whi c h she accora s';‘::4lhe P. plished a triumph of vocalisanini and obtained the warn' plaudits of her audience. The remang part of the enter tainment comprised three scenes from first act of "Hamlet," including the ghost scene, which 'a es rendered with considerable spirit and effect, and wound up with "The Charge of Balakla va ; or, T he Fate of Engbri"; brave Six Hundred," whi c h was given with much tasto no" pathos. The last of these entertainments is announced fo x Saturday, June 11. THE PLACE TO LIVE 11‘1,—One may toil and gr° vr rich and die in London; one may drag on an el-" i5V ence at Vienna, vegetate at Brussels, prowl through the) year at Florence, be bored at Rome, hipped at Ireni ee ,,' terrified at St. P e t ers b urg, stup ifi e d at B erl i n, exc ited a" New York, soothed at Boston, deluded at Dublin, intoxi cated at Edinburgh, astonished at Seville, amused at hlilapr occupied at Amsterdam, fatigued at Naples, absorbed a: Manchester, salted at Liverpool, cured at Brighton, ar killed at New Orleans; but if one wants to live, to see there is clearly no place in the world for man or woman brit Paris. This is an assertion scarcely worth arguing Opinions are unanimous. Of course there are no bonve— in the world worth the Paris bonnets. The Boulevard s a r unequalled among streets. Nobody knows how to coo :' out of the Palais Royal. No pictu res wort h l oo king at ar© to be seen out of the Louvre, except indeed those of the Luxembourg. Why pursue a theme so trite ? While I, a single Englishman, am duly sounding the praise of r 3" 50,003 Germans, Italians, Swedes, Russians, Poles, C7 ,0 c 115 : Moldo-Wallachs, Montenegri ns , M agyars, and Ma sell mans, are crying out that Pari s i an lif e i s the life of l ives ,' and that the only city worth li v i ng i n i s Paris.---Dic eils " All the Year Round," VISIT OF THE GOVERNMENT SURVEYOR TO T 1 1! ROCHDALE RESERYOIRS.--Nir. Cobden has succeeded obtaining a promise from the Secretary of the hope partment, that at the earliest opportunity a Governor 7 surveyor shall be s9nt down to inspect and report upon n . ! state of the Rochdale reservoirs, including also the r eservo : of the Oldham Corporation at Piethorn, which is believ to be in a very uneatiefaqory eoaclitio4,—.Leeds AforeNtY. 4